Yiwu is famous in China as a commodities center. People from all over the world come to Yiwu City to buy commodities for resale in other parts of China or abroad. Yiwu's China Small-Commodity Market has for 6 consecutive years topped China's 100 top open markets and was for successive years listed as China's civilized open market. It has been named as the banner of China's market economy and with a large variety of quality but cheaper commodities, the market has become a shopping paradise for tourists.

Yiwu has built up more than 20 famous wholesale markets which spread all over the Yiwu City , Since 1982, the first market was founded.They are Yiwu International Trade Market (5 Districts, the main market of Yiwu,also called Futian market), Huangyuan market,Binwang market, Furniture market. Besides these markets, there are also some specialized commerce Street, like zipper market, car accessories market, jewelry market etc...

Yiwu History  

Yiwu was founded in the Qin dynasty, at or about 222 BC. Yiwu's long history flourished as early as the Neolithic Age. Yiwu first became a county in 222BC and was renamed Yiwu County in the year 624 AD. In May 1988, the former Yiwu County was upgraded to a county-level city. In 1995, Yiwu ranked the 47th among China's 100 most powerful counties/cities regarding comprehensive economic strength and in the same year listed as Zhejiang's sole city among the nation's experimental counties/cities of comprehensive reform. In 2001, the Yiwu overall economy ranked 19th of all counties (cities) of China. More...

Yiwu Awards  

2008 Zhejiang Advanced Cities for Community Harmony Construction 2008 Zhejiang Model Cities for Standard Tuition Charge 2008 National Eco-cities Top Ten of 2008 National Hundred Strong Counties 2008 National Food Safety Model Cities More...

Yiwu Geography  

Yiwu is located in the east of the Jinhua-Quzhou Basin and the geographical center of Zhejiang Province, 119 degrees 49'to 120 degrees 17'east longitude and 29 degrees 02'13"to 29 degrees 33'40" north latitude. Yiwu adjoins Dongyang in the east, Yongkang and Wuyi in the south, Jinhua and Lanxi in the west, and Zhuji and Pujiang in the north, more than a hundred kilometers away from Hangzhou , the capital city of Zhejiang Province.More...

Yiwu economy  

"Yiwu is famous in China as a commodities center. People from all over the world come to Yiwu City to buy commodities for resale in other parts of China or abroad. Yiwu's China Small-Commodity Market has for 6 consecutive years topped China's 100 top open markets and was for successive years listed as China's civilized open market.More...

Yiwu Weather  

weather in Yiwu , China : 5 day Forecast, Temperature, humidity, rain , sun forecast for Yiwu. Monthly average weather in Yiwu through out the year. Weather widget for Yiwu, and community of people linking to YiwuMore...